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All Teachscape online courses are open-enrollment, eight-session courses that offer three graduate credits from universities with regional (NCA) and national (NCATE) accreditation. To learn more about a particular course, select it from the list below.
Audience: K–6 teachers
Research-Based Strategies for Improving Reading Success
Based on research from the National Reading Panel and consultation with internationally recognized reading specialists, Research-Based Strategies for Improving Reading Success uses best-practices video case studies, specialist commentaries, student work, and collegial collaboration to enable participants to identify sound theories and principles for teaching reading and apply the most effective instructional plans and methods to their practice to improve student learning.
Professional Development Goals:
Participants who complete this course will be able to:- Articulate an understanding of the five major components of the reading process and their relationship to writing
- Identify effective practices for teaching reading and apply instructional plans, practices, and resources to create language-rich and print-rich environments
- Identify and use appropriate screening, progress monitoring, and assessments in planning whole-group and small-group instruction
- Develop differentiated and data-based instructional practices for diverse student abilities, cultural backgrounds, and language backgrounds
Cost: $450
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(toll-free)Audience: 2–6 teachers
Fundamentals of Mathematics: Teaching for Conceptual Understanding
In Fundamentals of Mathematics, participants build content knowledge by moving from procedural to conceptual strategies in the areas of number and operations, measurement, geometry, and algebra. Through analysis of research, specialist commentaries, video-based classroom examples, and student work, teachers examine ways to develop mathematical fluency that lead to continued student improvement.
Professional Development Goals:
Participants who complete this course will be able to:- Engage in mathematical discourse to articulate mathematical processes and thinking
- Extend and/or modify lessons and activities to meet the needs of diverse student audiences
- Apply multiple problem-solving strategies in the content strands of number and operations, measurement, geometry, and algebra
- Improve teaching practice by personalizing best practices studied in the course to their own classroom situations
- Effectively use proven assessment techniques that inform teaching practices
Cost: $450
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Apply online and save $50 in materials costs for a new low course fee of $400.Group Discounts:
Educators who enroll as part of team or group can save up to an additional $50 off course tuition.
Audience: K–12 teachers
Research-Based Instructional Strategies to Improve Student Achievement
Robert Marzano and his colleagues at Mid‒continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) examined 30 years of research about the effectiveness of specific instructional practices in terms of student achievement and have identified nine strategies that have been proven to increase student success. Research-Based Instructional Strategies to Improve Student Achievement explores the classroom implications of that research by helping participants identify how and when to use these strategies in instruction—at any grade level or in any content area.
Professional Development Goals:
Participants who complete this course will be able to:- Identify and describe each of the nine instructional strategies
- Recognize how and when to use each strategy intentionally, appropriately, and in a meaningful way
- Experiment in their daily practice and/or lesson planning with ideas and insights gained from classroom examples and specialist perspectives
- Identify which of these instructional strategies they use effectively and describe how they plan to develop their skills further
Cost: $450
Internet Special!
Apply online and save $50 in materials costs for a new low course fee of $400.Group Discounts:
Educators who enroll as part of team or group can save up to an additional $50 off course tuition.
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